Thursday Crossword — October 12, 2000 - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this medium crossword puzzle (15x15 grid, 76 clues). Published 10/12/2000. By A. J. Santora.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Tasks at checkout counters (5)
SCANS
6 Across: Scammed (3)
HAD
9 Across: Radio music format, in brief (3)
MOR
12 Across: Deli item (6)
SALAMI
14 Across: Bit (4)
IOTA
15 Across: "Chances ___" (3)
ARE
16 Across: Pageant attire (11)
EVENINGGOWN
18 Across: Musical symbol (3)
DOT
19 Across: Pageant venue (12)
ATLANTICCITY
21 Across: Protrude (3)
JUT
24 Across: What's-___-name (3)
HER
25 Across: Gets ready to swing (6)
TEESUP
26 Across: From (4)
ASOF
28 Across: Hot temper, e.g. (5)
TRAIT
31 Across: Unaided (4)
LONE
32 Across: Keep it coming (5)
RENEW
34 Across: Sails under false colors (8)
PRETENDS
36 Across: Old pageant name (9)
BERTPARKS
39 Across: Truman program (8)
FAIRDEAL
42 Across: Significant ___ (5)
OTHER
46 Across: Agin it (4)
ANTI
47 Across: Journalist Pearson et al. (5)
DREWS
50 Across: Princess Diana had one (4)
AURA
51 Across: Stone markers (6)
STELES
53 Across: Congeniality gesture (3)
HUG
55 Across: 61-Across, e.g. (3)
TEN
56 Across: Pageant announcement (12)
HERESHECOMES
60 Across: ___ moment (3)
INA
61 Across: Pageant winner (11)
MISSAMERICA
65 Across: It's superior to Lake Superior: Abbr. (3)
ONT
66 Across: Proof word (4)
ERAT
67 Across: Enron Field team (6)
ASTROS
68 Across: Burnsian negative (3)
NAE
69 Across: Comic Gilliam (3)
STU
70 Across: Lessens (5)
EASES

Down Answers

1 Down: Wind dir. (3)
SSE
2 Down: Cleveland player, for short (3)
CAV
3 Down: Bar tap (3)
ALE
4 Down: Granny (4)
NANA
5 Down: Forge worker (5)
SMITH
6 Down: Something funny (4)
HOOT
7 Down: Nervous (8)
ATWITTER
8 Down: Pageant routine (5)
DANCE
9 Down: Big Apple thoroughfare (7)
MADISON
10 Down: Full and strong (7)
OROTUND
11 Down: Fixes, as a manuscript (7)
RETYPES
13 Down: Cove (5)
INLET
14 Down: Car key place: Abbr. (3)
IGN
17 Down: Actress Teri (4)
GARR
20 Down: Keyboard instrument (7)
CELESTA
21 Down: Place for pennies (3)
JAR
22 Down: Handling (3)
USE
23 Down: Amount of bricks (3)
TON
27 Down: Hot and shivery (7)
FEBRILE
29 Down: Computer giant (5)
APPLE
30 Down: Part of a pension plan, briefly (3)
IRA
33 Down: Joined (3)
WED
35 Down: Lights out, so to speak (3)
TKO
37 Down: Hold aside for a year, as a college athlete (8)
REDSHIRT
38 Down: Oozy stuff (3)
TAR
39 Down: Pageant display (7)
FASHION
40 Down: Feeler (7)
ANTENNA
41 Down: Stress, in a way (7)
ITERATE
43 Down: Straw construction (3)
HUT
44 Down: "___ on my bed my limbs I lay": Coleridge (3)
ERE
45 Down: Jogged (3)
RAN
48 Down: "Stop right there" (4)
WHOA
49 Down: Like some college honors (5)
SUMMA
52 Down: Salinger heroine et al. (5)
ESMES
54 Down: Honkers (5)
GEESE
57 Down: Genesis man (4)
ESAU
58 Down: St. Louis zone: Abbr. (3)
CST
59 Down: Mex. title (4)
SRTA
62 Down: Org. with a code (3)
IRS
63 Down: Iowa school (3)
COE
64 Down: Fool (3)
ASS

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